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Summer is back and as every summer, Barcelona’s beaches get packed with packed with people sunbathing and swimming in the sea. Some people that work around the area, and I know for sure as my brother is one of them, use their lunch break to lie down on the sand while eating a sandwich and, why not? having a little siesta (nap) before going back to work.
First of all, we should start with a brief introduction to what Castellers are and the basic terminology. As this is a catalan tradition, all the terminology is in Catalan, although I will include the English transaction between brackets. Basically a castell (castle) consists of a human tower with can have up to ten levels high. These castells (castle) are built during town festivals. At these festivals, different colles castelleres (teams) compete to build the most impressive castell. These colles castelleres dress up in traditional catalan costumes. Barcelona’s colla castellera (team of castle builders) is Castellers de Barcelona and this year they celebrate their 40th anniversary. In order to celebrate such an important event, they have organized two diades castelleres (days where these castles are built, normally on a sunday). First diada castellera: Date: 20th of June Second diada castellera: Date: 21st of June This is one of the most important catalan traditions so if you are in town on the 20th or 21st of June, I strongly recommend that you don’t miss it as it is a great event and you will definitely enjoy it. If you are travelling to Barcelona with Ryanair, be aware that you are not flying directly to Barcelona airport but to either Reus or Girona which in fact are more than 100km away from Barcelona. Reus airport is located just 3km from Reus, 13km from Tarragona and 110km to Barcelona. However, don’t panic as Ryanair in conjunction with Hispano Igualadina organize a direct bus service between Reus Airport and Barcelona (Estació de Sants) so each single Ryanair flight is covered by this bus service. The journey from Reus to Barcelona is 1:30h. Once you get to Estació de Sants you can use public transport (metro L1 – Sants Estació or taxi) to go wherever you accommodation is. Click here for further information regarding . Ticket prices:
* Tickets are paid directly to the driver.
For third year in a row, the Portuguese Consulate General in Barcelona is organizing a Portuguese Cultural week in Barcelona. This is a great oportunity to get to know all what Portugal has to offer. This event is called “Portugal Convida” (Portugal invites you) and will take place from the 8th to the 14th of June. This year’s event includes cinema, wine tasting, live music, debates, … Click here for details regarding events and timetable. The only problem is that the website is just in Spanish, Catalan and Portuguese, no English, although you can only use the Google translation tool to translate the website into English. |
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